Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 50 | — |
| Target share | 21.1% | 141st / 534 |
| Catch rate | 62.0% | 328th / 534 |
| Success rate per target | 46.0% | 305th / 534 |
| Yards per target | 6.4 | 412th / 534 |
| Explosive catches | 6.0% | 431st / 534 |
| Deep-target rate | 12.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 10 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 6 | — |
Charting
Where Manning's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted52 targets charted
2025 charting · Missouri
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Manning’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted25 targets charted
Career
3 seasons at 2 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Kansas State#44 · 4-4 | 8 | 74% | 32 | 327 | 3 | 21.1% |
| 2025 |  Missouri#28 · 8-5 | 12 | 61% | 29 | 318 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2024 | Missouri#28 · 10-3 | 10 | 23% | 13 | 192 | 1 | 5.5% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Josh Manning's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Josh Manning's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Car | Yds | Y/C | TD | Long | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 |  Nicholls | W 71–3 | 6.6 | · | · | · | · | · | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 1 | 18 |
| 2 |  Washington State | W 34–7 | 8.4 | · | · | · | · | · | 10 | 97 | 9.7 | 1 | 36 |
| 3 |  Tulane | W 31–20 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 4 | @ Cincinnati | L 26–31 | 5.3 | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 |
| 6 |  Houston | L 16–35 | 6.5 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 |  Kansas | W 35–24 | 5.4 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 19 |
| 8 | @ Arizona State | L 17–28 | 6.9 | · | · | · | · | · | 7 | 57 | 8.1 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | @ Colorado | L 24–27 | 7.8 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 1 | 28 |
| 2026 · 7 games | 6.7 | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | 21 | 32 | 327 | 10.2 | 3 | 36 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Rushing | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Carries | 4 | — |
| Yards | 32 | 801st / 1519 |
| Yards / carry | 8 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 21 | — |
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 32 | 126th / 2089 |
| Yards | 327 | 215th / 2074 |
| Yards / catch | 10.2 | 355th / 460 |
| Touchdowns | 3 | 127th / 914 |
| Long | 36 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 1 | 4438th / 5664 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Plays made | Penalties | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Nicholls | ✓ WR | 71 | ~48 (32–58) | 5 | · | · | 68% |
| Wk 2 · Washington State | ✓ WR | 74 | ~67 (44–74) | 12 | · | · | 91% |
| Wk 3 · Tulane | ✓ WR | 65 | ~28 (9–38) | 1 | · | · | 43% |
| Wk 4 · Cincinnati | ✓ WR | 79 | ~52 (34–63) | 8 | · | · | 66% |
| Wk 6 · Houston | — | 59 | ~44 (29–54) | 6 | 1 | · | 75% |
| Wk 7 · Kansas | ✓ WR | 75 | ~56 (37–68) | 6 | · | 1 | 75% |
| Wk 8 · Arizona State | — | 73 | ~63 (41–73) | 10 | · | · | 86% |
| Wk 9 · Colorado | ✓ WR | 69 | ~60 (39–69) | 9 | · | · | 87% |
| Season | 6 GS | 565 | 418 (351–487) | 57 | 1 | 1 | 74% |
Position Room
12 WRs on the Kansas State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaron Tibbs | WR | 39 | 379 | 4 | 22% | +0.43 | ||
| 5 | Josh Manning | WR | SR | 32 | 327 | 3 | 19% | +0.29 |
| 15 | Derrick Salley Jr. | WR | JR | 19 | 311 | 1 | 18% | +0.17 |
| Brandon White | WR | 13 | 78 | 1 | 12% | +0.09 | ||
| Izaiah Williams | WR | 2 | 21 | 0 | 4% | +0.43 | ||
| 17 | Adonis Moise | WR | SO | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2% | -0.13 |
| 6 | Sterling Lockett | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | Kaprice Keith | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Max Lovett | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Larry Porter IV | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Isaac Koch | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 85 | Nash Morrison | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. Kansas State depth chart →